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-rw-r--r--git.c53
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index a53e24feae..ecc8fad09a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -416,12 +416,34 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
strbuf_release(&cmd);
}
+static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
+{
+ int done_alias = 0;
+
+ while (1) {
+ /* See if it's an internal command */
+ handle_internal_command(*argcp, *argv);
+
+ /* .. then try the external ones */
+ execv_dashed_external(*argv);
+
+ /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
+ * of overriding "git log" with "git show" by having
+ * alias.log = show
+ */
+ if (done_alias || !handle_alias(argcp, argv))
+ break;
+ done_alias = 1;
+ }
+
+ return done_alias;
+}
+
int main(int argc, const char **argv)
{
const char *cmd = argv[0] && *argv[0] ? argv[0] : "git-help";
char *slash = (char *)cmd + strlen(cmd);
- int done_alias = 0;
/*
* Take the basename of argv[0] as the command
@@ -479,31 +501,22 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
setup_path();
while (1) {
- /* See if it's an internal command */
- handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
-
- /* .. then try the external ones */
- execv_dashed_external(argv);
-
- /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
- * of overriding "git log" with "git show" by having
- * alias.log = show
- */
- if (done_alias || !handle_alias(&argc, &argv))
+ static int done_help = 0;
+ static int was_alias = 0;
+ was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
+ if (errno != ENOENT)
break;
- done_alias = 1;
- }
-
- if (errno == ENOENT) {
- if (done_alias) {
+ if (was_alias) {
fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
"'%s' is not a git-command\n",
cmd, argv[0]);
exit(1);
}
- argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
- handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
- execv_dashed_external(argv);
+ if (!done_help) {
+ cmd = argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
+ done_help = 1;
+ } else
+ break;
}
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",